Shellacking machine



Nov. 3.11925. 1,56p,445

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Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

, i UNITED .STATES y 1,560,445 Parlazlarl OFFICE.

HENRY WAGNER, or MILWAUKEE, wisooNsIN.

" ,Y SHELLACKING MACHINE.

Application tiledv December 5, 1924. Serial No.` 754,105.

To all who/m. t may concer/n.: i

Be it known that I, HENRY WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shellacking Machines;` and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to a machine for ycoating a surface, and isparticularly directed to Aa shellacking machine.

Objectsv of` this invention are to provide a shellacking machine which will shellac a large surtface with one travel of the machine thereover, which will apply the `shellac throughout a large area ina uniform and n shellac the entire yalley with one travel of the machine thereof, and which 'can be easily operated by an unskilled laborer, thus materially simplifying and cheapening this operation.

An embodiment of the invention is shown `in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure lis a plan view of the device.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown` in Figure 1, showing the proteotingf trough or cup in inoperative position. X

Figure 3 is a view showing the protecting trough in operative position.

Figure 4 is an enlarged 4sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

`The machine comprises' a carriage which is preferably formed of a' U-shaped member 1 formed of channel iron or simil-ar structural steel. This frame 1 is provided with a transversely extending. 4main axle 2 upon which thel main wheels 3 are mounted. A manipulatingfhandle 4 passes through an eyeleted bracket5` secured to the rear portion of the frame and is attached at its forward end to the transverse axle, vas shown in Figure 1. This handle is providedwith a ing do-wn upon, the handle bars 6.

cross bar 6 and with hooks 7 and 8 for a purpose hereinafter to appear. further provided with an auxiliary transverse axle 9 which carries `the auxiliary wheels 10, asV clearly shown inv Figures 1 and 2. y

The `frame is The forward end of the frame 1 is downturned, yas indicated at 1, and removably receives a brush 11. This brush is provided with a base p0rtion12, such basey portion having aplurality of apertures 'therethrough adapted to receive bolts 13 which' pass through the frame members 1", as shown clearly in Figure 3. These bolts are provided with winged thumb nuts 14 to permit the ready removal of the brush. n

It is to be noted particularly from Figures 1 and 2, that a protecting cup lis provided for the brush 11. rThis cup is slightly longer than the elongated brush 11, as clearly shown of links 16 rigid therewith which are pivoted at their outer ends to the forward ends ofthe downturned portions 1 of the frame, thus permitting the protecting cup or in Figure 1. It is carried by means of a pair troughv 15 to be rocked into either the opera-` tive position shown in Figure-,3, Aor the inoperative position shown in Figure 2.

It is to be noted that the trough is provided with a plurality of curved weighted 'arms 17 whose outer weighted'` ends rock from one side of dead center to the other side thereof, as shownk in Figures 2 and 3, and thus laid in maintaining the trough in either ,of its two positions, andl also aid in manipulatlng the trough, as will appear hereinafter. Y

In orden to permit the ready manipulation of the trough from a point adjacent the handle L4, a cable or chain 18- is provided, as

shown in Figure 2, and is attached at one end to the `trough and at the other end is hooked over the hooks?. yWhen the trough is in the position showniin Figure 3, it is merely necessary to slightly tilt the frame about the main wheels 3 and to draw upon the cable untilthe trough occupies the position shown in Figure 2. Thereafter, the end *lof the cable which may be'provided with an eyelet, if desired, is hooked over one of the hooks 7 or 8. `When' it is` desired to` replace l,

the trough so that it receives the end of the brush, it is merely necessary to rock the forward end of the carriage upwardly by press- This causes the trough to swing about the pivot apertures 22. i v I Afn air vent is provided which opensinto n1 and 3.)

ing alley.

is provided and is equipped withVd'o-wirf turned ends, as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4. These do-wnturned ends are provided with pointedv trunnion screws or bearing screws 2O which fit within corresponding socketed or recessed bosses of a drum21;I This drum, as may be seen from Figure 4, is provided with a plurality of apertures`22 arranged in a regular order, and in a line extending longitudinally of the drum. Thedruin is adapted to carry shellac' and to discharve such shellacv in .an even manner through t e the upper side of the' drum. This air vent comprises aplugf23 whichV is e nipped with a curved or `arcuate pipe 24, .see Figures The ydrumis provided with a plurality of weights 25 adjacent the apertures 22 which tend to rock the drumvint'o the position shown inFigure 4. A cable o r chain 26 is partly wrapped aroundthe drum and is' adapted to be hooked over the hooks 7 or 8, such chain or cable being pro,- vided witha Vringat its outer end if desired. Thus when it is desired to rock the drum into the-position shown in Figure 3, that is to say, with the apertures 22 on the upper side, it is merely necessary to draw up on the chain or cable26 and thus rock the drum against the action of the weights 25 into the inoperative position shown in Figure 3. `When in this position shellac will not be discharged through the air vent 24 for the reason that the air vent is curved upwardly and extends above theline of the shellac. If desired, stops 27 may be carriedby the drum and by the member 19 to limit the motion of thedrum and prevent its rocking to more than kapproximately a half a turn.

`In using the device the flexible member 18 is' drawn upon and rocks 'the Vprotecting trough 15 into the position shown inFigure 2. "The machine is then positioned at approximately the point fromwhichlthe start 'is to be'made. Thereafter, the iiexible member 26 is manipulated and lits end secured to a hook ythus rotating the shellac carrying drum into'operative position, as shown in Figures 2 and 4. The operator then draws Athe machine after him so that `the brush 11 sweeps over the shellac approximately unithe shellac over the entirearea of thebowl- In using themachine, it is merely neces* sary tojdr'aw the carriage over the bowling alley a single time and' this operation may 'be very quickly performed. It will' be seen,

the sliellac from the di'uin.

therefore, that a shellac or surface coating mach-ine is provided which is extremely rapid-in its operation, which may be, operated byfa'n unskilledflaborer, and which is simple and relatively sturdy in its construction. Further, it will be noted that the drum may be most. readily removed for cleaning by loosening the screws 20 and that the brush 12 may be as easily removed by removing: the thumb nuts 14'. However, it is preferable, prior to the removal ofthe drum, to remove the drain plug 28 (see Figures 3 and 4) "to thus permit the discharge of Further, the drum may be readily filled by ieiiiovingthe filling Yplug 2 9, such filling plug being positioned on the upper side of the drum when such drum is in inoperative position,` asv shown in Figure 3.

' Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, it is to be understood that the invention may be variously em- 2. A surface coating machine comprising a portablefcarriagea rotary drum adapted to carry the coating and mounted' transversely ythereofi'and having a delivery portion, means for rotating said drum to position said delivery portion either uppermost or lowermost, an elongated brush `extending transversely of said carriage, and a projecting trough adapted to be rocked beneath said brush.

3.`A surface coating machine comprising i a portable carriage, a handleI forfpropvelling said carriage, a rotary coating carrying drum mounted transversely of-said carriage, and having a longitudinally extending: row of delivery apertures, an elongated 'brush extending transversely 0f said carriage, a protecting troughfadapted to be rocked beneath said brush, and means operable from adjacent said' handle for selectively controlling saiddrum and said trough. l

4. Ak surface coating machine comprising a portable carriage, a handle for propelling said carriage, a; rotary coating carrying diuin mounted transversely of said carriage and having` a longitudinally extending `row 0f 'delivery apertures,l an elongatedfbiush extending transversely of' saidl carriage,r "a protecting trough adapted tofbero'cledbeneathsaid brush, lmeans operable from-,adiacent said; handle for selectively ycontrolling 'said vdrum and said" trough, and` a weight tending to hold said trough either beneath said brush or removed therefrom.

5. A shellacking machine comprising a carriage having a pair 0f main wheels about which said carriage may be tilted and having a pair of auxiliary wheels, a manipulating handle extending from said carriage, a shellac carrying drum revolubly mounted upon said carriage and having a longitudinally extending row of delivery apertures, said drum having means tending to hold said apertures uppermost, an elongated brush extending transversely of said carriage, a trough adapted to be rocked beneath said brush, means for rotating said drum to present said apertures downwardly, and means for rocking said trough.

6. A surface coating machine comprising a wheeled carriage, a coating carrying drum extending transversely of said carriage, and having a longitudinally extending row of apertures, a non-discharging air vent located on opposite Sides thereof, means for rotating said drum, and a transversely extending brush.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county oi" Milwaukee and State of HENRY WAGNER.

Wisconsin. 

